getting to you in USA
#31
01-06-2008 | 06:10 PM
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RE: getting to you in USA
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What happened to change that ? What parts of your continent do you need a passport ? This is the kind of stuff I dont know about USA. Better to know than speak in ignorance.
What happened to change that ? What parts of your continent do you need a passport ? This is the kind of stuff I dont know about USA. Better to know than speak in ignorance.
#32
01-06-2008 | 06:11 PM
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RE: getting to you in USA
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It certainly added a degree of class to a rather rough and ready culture as well as emphasising that divisions in Europe were always artificial. Pride does not enter into it. History is a strange subject. For instance, I live about two miles from the Washington family home which is now administered by the National Trust and visited by many American tourists.
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And you're proud of that? [sm=insomnia.gif]
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We used to own most of France too
We used to own most of France too
#33
01-07-2008 | 02:55 AM
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RE: getting to you in USA
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Entry to Mexico and Canada now require a passport where they did not before. Certainly it has to do with terrorists, security, and so forth.
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What happened to change that ? What parts of your continent do you need a passport ? This is the kind of stuff I dont know about USA. Better to know than speak in ignorance.
What happened to change that ? What parts of your continent do you need a passport ? This is the kind of stuff I dont know about USA. Better to know than speak in ignorance.
Rock on, you old horse-loving fart.
#34
01-07-2008 | 03:04 AM
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RE: getting to you in USA
Mutual hate between French and Brits ? C'est non possible ! The French dislike eveyone not French. A journey thro' France is often an exercise in frustration compounded by the fact that Brits are dreadful at learning other European languages. We overcome that by talking to furringers extremely slowly and loudly. Guess the French are uptight because nobody else recognises their intrinsic superiority.
Nice "talking" to you !
Nice "talking" to you !
#35
01-07-2008 | 10:03 AM
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From: Brandon, MS
RE: getting to you in USA
I put about 22,000 miles on my car in 2007/
My mother was from Glasgow, Scotland. She moved to the U.S.A. when she was about 18 I think. Of course, she never lost her accent.
I agree that the English spoken in the UK is the proper way to speak it (it is where it originated.) Except for the crazy slang. Which I can actually understand a decent amount of due to some of the things my mom used to say.
My mother was from Glasgow, Scotland. She moved to the U.S.A. when she was about 18 I think. Of course, she never lost her accent.
I agree that the English spoken in the UK is the proper way to speak it (it is where it originated.) Except for the crazy slang. Which I can actually understand a decent amount of due to some of the things my mom used to say.
#36
01-07-2008 | 10:41 AM
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RE: getting to you in USA
12-15k/yr here for me...
I drive about 30mi 1-way to work, and we often go all over Texas to see family.
Also, there are times I'm ashamed to be an American; but I will never give up my liberties!
I drive about 30mi 1-way to work, and we often go all over Texas to see family.
Also, there are times I'm ashamed to be an American; but I will never give up my liberties!
#37
01-07-2008 | 12:49 PM
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12-15k/yr here for me...
I drive about 30mi 1-way to work, and we often go all over Texas to see family.
Also, there are times I'm ashamed to be an American; but I will never give up my liberties!
12-15k/yr here for me...
I drive about 30mi 1-way to work, and we often go all over Texas to see family.
Also, there are times I'm ashamed to be an American; but I will never give up my liberties!
#38
01-07-2008 | 12:53 PM
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RE: getting to you in USA
Gun laws here vary a HUGE amount from state to state. California being the hardest place to get a gun as far as I know... There is Federal law that every state follows but each state can add to that law. In montana as long as the gun is in plain site and not loaded you're free to carry it. Standard 5 day waiting period before you can take home a hand gun (after you buy it) and up to like 24 hours on rifles. Each person must go through a background check and any prior violent offense or felony prevent you from ever owning one. However, you can still buy one fairly easily from a private party...
#39
01-07-2008 | 12:58 PM
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I put about 22,000 miles on my car in 2007/
My mother was from Glasgow, Scotland. She moved to the U.S.A. when she was about 18 I think. Of course, she never lost her accent.
I agree that the English spoken in the UK is the proper way to speak it (it is where it originated.) Except for the crazy slang. Which I can actually understand a decent amount of due to some of the things my mom used to say.
I put about 22,000 miles on my car in 2007/
My mother was from Glasgow, Scotland. She moved to the U.S.A. when she was about 18 I think. Of course, she never lost her accent.
I agree that the English spoken in the UK is the proper way to speak it (it is where it originated.) Except for the crazy slang. Which I can actually understand a decent amount of due to some of the things my mom used to say.
Joke - A Geordie is a Scot who lost his bus ticket home. We do however still have strong links with Norway. The Norwegians come to Newcastle on the overnight ferry to shop and party in our boozers.
#40
01-07-2008 | 01:02 PM
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Gun laws here vary a HUGE amount from state to state. California being the hardest place to get a gun as far as I know... There is Federal law that every state follows but each state can add to that law. In montana as long as the gun is in plain site and not loaded you're free to carry it. Standard 5 day waiting period before you can take home a hand gun (after you buy it) and up to like 24 hours on rifles. Each person must go through a background check and any prior violent offense or felony prevent you from ever owning one. However, you can still buy one fairly easily from a private party...
Gun laws here vary a HUGE amount from state to state. California being the hardest place to get a gun as far as I know... There is Federal law that every state follows but each state can add to that law. In montana as long as the gun is in plain site and not loaded you're free to carry it. Standard 5 day waiting period before you can take home a hand gun (after you buy it) and up to like 24 hours on rifles. Each person must go through a background check and any prior violent offense or felony prevent you from ever owning one. However, you can still buy one fairly easily from a private party...